Who will be the next Tata Sons chairman? Seven names doing the rounds

After the surprising ouster of Cyrus Mistry, Tata Group's 4-year chairman, the board of directors have sought out to pick the next chairman of the Tata Group.

The committee who will pick the next Tata Chief are TVS Motor's Venu Srinivasan, Ronen Sen, MD of Bain Capital, Amit Chandra and Professor Kumar Bhattacharyya.

Indra Nooyi

Indra Krishnamurthy Nooyi is the chairperson and chiefexecutive officer of PepsiCo. She has been the receiver of many awardsincluding Padma Bhushan and is among the most influential business women in theworld.

Noel Tata

Noel Tata is the half brother of Ratan Tata and the ManagingDirector of Tata International and Chairman of Trent Ltd. Incidentally, Noel ismarried to Cyrus Mistry's sister Aloo Mistry.

N Chandrasekaran

Natarajan Chandrasekaran is the CEO and managing director ofTata Consultancy Services, one of the largest software services company inIndia.

Arun Sarin 

Arun Sarin is the former CEO of the Vodafone Group andserves in the board of directors for Ola Cabs, Cisco Systems, Charles Schwaband Blackhawk Networks.

Ishaat Husain

Ishaat Husain is in the board for many Tata companies andserves as Chairman for Voltas and Tata Sky.

B Muthuraman

Balasubramanian Muthuraman is the former Vice Chairman ofTata Steel. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2012

Amit Chandra

Amit Chandra is the MD of Bain Capital and was appointednon-executive director of Tata Sons this year. Apart from being one of thepossible candidates for the next Chairman, he is also a part of the selectioncommittee that will pick the next Tata Sons Chairman.